CVE-2019-6442
mediumpriority · track · 41EPSS 0.137 · 96 %ileexploit · functionalEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
An issue was discovered in NTPsec before 1.1.3. An authenticated attacker can write one byte out of bounds in ntpd via a malformed config request, related to config_remotely in ntp_config.c, yyparse in ntp_parser.tab.c, and yyerror in ntp_parser.y.
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exploits (1)
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- EDB-46178NTPsec 1.1.2 - 'config' (Authenticated) Out-of-Bounds Write Denial of Service (PoC)functional · exploit_db
affected products (16)
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references (12)
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- https://dumpco.re/blog/ntpsec-bugscnnvd
- https://dumpco.re/bugs/ntpsec-authed-oobwritecnnvd
- https://github.com/ntpsec/ntpsec/blob/NTPsec_1_1_3/NEWScnnvd
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46178/cnnvd
- https://dumpco.re/blog/ntpsec-bugsenisa_euvd
- https://dumpco.re/bugs/ntpsec-authed-oobwriteenisa_euvd
- https://github.com/ntpsec/ntpsec/blob/NTPsec_1_1_3/NEWSenisa_euvd
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46178/enisa_euvd
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